CRAP!

[hippybngstockng]

Well I just called the shelter trying to set up returning Buster, and the woman who runs it informed me she is having a nasty wave of distemper run through her cattery...  Buster is vaccinated as are all my guys, so it's really no big deal for us, but he's going to be staying here a few more days to make sure he's going to be safe from the sick ones at the shelter.  I will also be waiting a substantial amount of time before I go adopting another cat from her right away.   She seemed concerned that I would want to try another cat at all, but I explained the fact that it's just the super-stubborn Tom behaviors that really piss Betty off, and that otherwise she is pretty tolerant of cats.  Uhura might not tolerate a female for her own reasons, but I see that as a better idea than a Tom, as Uhura doesn't seem fond of the intimidation factor either.   I told the woman I was fine with it if no one works out since I never complain about shelters getting my money...  I feel a little guilty spending the cash to get a cat anyway, so if it ends up being a straight up donation, so what.

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[beeswing.livejournal.com]

I've been following the Uncle Badtouch saga with amusement. My old tom used to do things like that, but he was easy to budge and didn't go after the neighbour's dogs...

Maybe Uhura would do well with a male kitten? (I've taken to calling them tomlets, as we're about to get one). If it was introduced to an older female cat it would probably be much less aggressive and dominant. But at the same time you wouldn't have the female-on-female miaaow fights for head bitch-cat. If you know what I mean!